title: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation and four-year follow up in a 99-year-old patient.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as a life-saving therapy in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis who are considered to be high-risk surgical candidates. However, there is a paucity of data on the long-term survival and quality-of-life in very old patients undergoing TAVI. Here, the case is reported of a now 104-year-old patient who underwent percutaneous transfemoral TAVI with a CoreValve prosthesis at the age of 99 years; details of his four-year outcome data are also provided. To best of the authors' knowledge, this patient is the oldest reported to have undergone TAVI, and is currently living with good functional status more than four years after the intervention.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Medicine, Cardiology/Angiology/Intensive Care, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. alexander.jabs@unimedizin-mainz.de
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jabs
authors.forename: Teoman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Nalan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schnelle
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vosseler
authors.forename: Christian-Friedrich
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Vahl
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Münzel
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hink
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors